"We are prepared to negotiate on the basis of UN Resolutions 242 and 338," he said. "What is the proper interpretation of these resolutions is subject to negotiations."The problem, says a Western diplomat, is that "you don't know what they mean when they reaffirm 242 and 338."Although...
Resolutions 242 and 338 adopted by the UN Security Council in previous decades are important parts of the Oslo Accords. However the UN itself has been marginalized in the Arab-Israeli peace process itself during the past decade, especially since 1991. Other third party intermediary groups and indi...
Besides, this strategic vision must be coterminous with what the UN has prescribed in its supposedly binding resolutions.To persist in repeating that UN Security Council Resolutions 242 and 338 are the basis for the US-sponsored peace process, without being forthcoming as to their precise meaning,...